Mexican American War
Civil War
Lawlessness in NM
Path to Statehood
Land Grants Disputes
100

The Mexican American War happened between these dates.

What is 1846-1848?

100

The Civil War lasted this many years.

What is 1861-1865?

100

The resistance group that called themselves "White Caps"

What is Las Gorras Blancas?

100
New Mexico Remained a territory for this many years.

What is 62 years?

100
By 1850 there were about this many land grants.

What is 270 land grants?

200

This event led to the War between Mexico and United States.

What is the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas?

200

Northern states where on this side of the war. 

What is the Union, abolition, anti-slavery?

200

The Lincoln County War was fought over this issue.

What is competition over profit from dry goods and cattle herding?

200

This is the definition of Manifest Destiny. 

What is the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable?

200

This war was fought over land grants and what rights new settlers had in New Mexico. 

What is the Colfax County War?

300

This was known as the Mexican Cession.

What is Mexico ceding New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Colorado and California?

300

These territories were considered open to slavery.

What is New Mexico Territory and Utah Territory?

300

The members of this organization were businessmen and politicians who controlled large parts of the territory. 

What is The Santa Fe Ring?

300

This Legislature stopped New Mexico from becoming a state in 1850.

What is the Compromise of 1850?

300
Las Gorras Blancas took these actions to prevent newcomers from taking their lands.

What is cutting barbed-wired fences, burning farms and destroying railroad tracks?

400

After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo the U.S. took this much percentage of Mexico's Territory.

What is 55%?

400
Southern New Mexicans Created this government and for this reason.

What is Confederate Arizona Territory, to maintain slavery?

400

This person killed John Tunstall and created a cascade of revenge killing in Lincoln County. 

Who is Sheriff Brady?

400

Name 4 sections of the Compromise of 1850. 

(1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries, (4) federal assumption of Texas debt, (5) slave trade abolished in DC, and (6) new fugitive slave law;  

400

Whole Communities would use their remaining land for this.

What is grazing livestock, gathering firewood and hunting game?

500

This American President believed in Manifest Destiny and pushed for the Mexican American War.

What is James K. Polk?

500

These were three battles fought in New Mexico during the war.

What is Battle of Valverde, Battle of Glorieta Pass and the Battle of Peralta?

500

These are the three main reasons why New Mexico became lawless.

What is few lawmen, NM was so large and large sources of natural resources?

500

These are the four main criteria in order for a territory to become a state.

What is have at leas 60,000 population, create a constitution, be approved by congress and guarantee civil rights?

500

For this reason land grants were difficult to defend in U.S. Courts.

What is many land grant documents were often accidently lost or destroyed?